Combined book and pencil holder.



c. w. GOLBBRT. COMBINED BOOK AND PENCIL HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED HAY 16, 1912.

Patented May 13, 1913.

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ATTORNEY cmnm s w. coplanar, or wns'rnorr, TEXAS.

connmnn BOOK AND PENCIL HOLDER:

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed Kay 15, 1912. Serial No. 697,518.

Patented May 13, 1913.

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, CHARLES W. Consular, a citizen of the United States, residing at Westhofi', in the county of Dewitt and State of Texas, have invented arnew and useful Combined Book and Pencil Holder, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a combined book and pencil or pen holder, and has for its object to provide a simple, cheap and convenient device, which can bereadily secured in position to the .cover of a memorandum,

check or other book adapted to be carried in the pocket, and which will maintain the book in the pocket regardless of the depth of the latter, and at the same time hold the pencil or pen holder in with the book.

It consists in certain features of construction, and a certain combination andarrangement of partshereinafterfully set forth and particularly pointed out in t e claim.

In the accompanying drawing-Figure 1 is a front elevation of my improved combination book and pencil holder showing it associated relation mounted on the cover of a'book and retained in a pocket. Fig. 2 is a sectional view on the line 2--2 of Fig. 1 looking in the direction indicated by the arrow. Fig." 3 is a perspective View of the device detached fromthe book.

Referring to the drawing, which illustrates the preferred embodiment of my invention 5 designates a support or bar in the form 0 a narrow, thin strip of sheet metal of uniform width with its end portions 6 bent at right angles and transversely rounded at their extreme ends. The support is removably secured longitudinally or vertically to the outside of the cover of a book, and is held in position by having its eng is 6 pushed through slits cut in the'cover and then bent down on the inside to firmly hold the support in position.

of metal 7 corresponding in width to the support and serving asl a slide. At each si e, intermediate its ends, the slide is provided with o positely-disposed outwardlyextending lugs 8, and projecting through alined perforations in the lugs is a pintle 9, which extends over or. across the support.

Mounted above or outside the support 5 is a clamp 10 provided intermediate its ends with oppositely-disposed, inwardly-projectoutside, and, then pushin Movably mounted on the under side of the bar or support'5 is a relatively short stripsion 0 normally depressed or lower portion of-the ing lugs 11, which are pivotedon the outer ends of the pintle 9. A spring 12 is wound around the pintle, and one end of the spring bears against t-he'inner side of the upper or normall raised portion of the. clam 10, while t e other end of the spring-bears against the outer face of the sup art 5, thereby forcing the lower ornorma ly depressed portion of the clamp against the support. The end of the lower portion of the clamp is curved outwardly as at 15, and

just in front of the curved end and arranged side by side are two V-shaped cuts with their points extending inwardly.- The'free V-s aped pieces of metal are pressed down to form rearwardly projecting prongs 16,

which bear on the outer face of the support; 5 and hold the lower portion of the clamp slightly away from the support.

Connected rigidly to the undersideof the slide 7 is the inner end of a transverse arm 17, which extends at right angles to, the support 5, and at its outer or free end the arm is provided with a portion ofincreased width, which is curved over inwardly on a side opposite to that of the clam 10 to form a clamping sleeve .18 adapte to removably retain a pencil or pen. It will be observed that thesaid sleeve is inwardly offset so as to bring the pencil or pen holder be relied upon to prevent the loss of a substantially parallel with the edge of the book from the vest pocket, which frequently occurs when a person leans over, and this is especially true when the pocket is shallow as compared with the length of the book.- The clamp 10 by reason of the slide 7 is made adjustable along the support.

In placing the book in the pocket, the book is inserted with the device facing the p the book down close to the {outer wall 0 the pocket, the

'upper edge will'rise and enter beneath the lower outwardly curved end 15 of the clam brin 'ng the teeth 16 into engagement with the, acing of the "pocket and preventing its accidental withdrawal.

In order to remove the-book, it is simplyclamp and withdraw theteeth from engagement with the outer wall of the pocket when the book can be withdrawn from the pocket. 13 reason of the offsetting of the pencil- -vhol ing sleeve, the device is secured to the cover so that the pencil holder 18 is arranged alongside of or opposite the back' edge of .the book, whereby the pencil will not be in the way and the book can be opened for reference without interference from the pencil retainer or the pencil.

My combined book and pencil holder can be secured in position on the coverof a book by simply using a knife to cut slits for the ends 6 to be pressed through, and

. book wam a slide movably mounted at the inner side of said su port, a spring actuatd clamp positione at theouter side of said support and connected with the slide so as to move therewith, an arm extending transversely from the slide and lyin flat against the cover of the book, and a ho ding sleeve for: a pencil or pen 'formed at the outer end-of said arm and ofiset so as to cause the-pencil or pen to lie along the edge of the bobk, said sleeve being'movable with the clam and slide whenxsaid parts are adjusted a on the support. In testimony, t at I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixed my'signature in the presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES W. coLBER'T; Witnesses: FRED SIEMs, F. G. Aueus'r LEY. 

